Tangerine!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

It fits him rather well given that it is the 12 month size and he is only 6 months.

All the details of this knit can be found in my projects page on Ravelry.

It is getting harder to get good photos that are in focus as he moves fast for someone who is not very mobile! It is also hard to get a picture of the front of anything as he now spends more time on his tummy. Gone are the days when tummy time was considered a bad thing.

On Tuesday he started saying Mum Mum Mum, which is nice as his big sister started with Dad as her first word. Pity that on Thurday he caught his first cold so I have had a lot of sad Mum Mum Mums to listen to, I have also had less sleep than I like...

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Two knitted works in progress which I am hoping to have finished sooner rather than later.

A Milo vest for the small boy of the house in a natural colour Cleckheaton yarn from Mum's stash that she sent over. I am trying to use as much stash wool as possible to help in budget crafting for this year.

A scarf using 5 ply alpaca yarn that Dani sent me as part of a Secret Santa gift last year.

This lot of Quilting Bee blocks goes to Donna who is making a quilt for her daughter's 5th birthday. Looking at the blocks popping up into the Flickr pool this is going to be a very special birthday gift for a girl who loves the colour pink.

The theme for these blocks was simple shapes using Dear Jane as inspiration.

I hope these two fit in well enough, they are certainly simple, and shapes...

Thursday, February 18, 2010

My Creative Space is all about wool. I thought I would have moved on as my sewing list of things to do is getting longer but this spinning caper has me captive.

This wool is being washed as I type. It was unwashed fleece and the first thing I have spun, I loved the feel of the lanolin as I played with it. It looks pretty good and I am hoping I can find a project for it at some stage. I like the effect of the light wool and dark together.

This was the roving I have mentioned before but it is now washed and ready to go. I just need to cast off the couple of projects I have on the go so I can cast on and turn this into something :)

I have been shopping too. 3 new bobbins, a Lazy Kate, a Niddy Noddy and a book on Spinning. There will be no stopping now!!

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Valentine's Day snuck up on us this year. We don't normally do much so that is ok.

I did manage to do some Valentine related crafting with Possum who had fun sticking coloured paper onto card for me to cut into heart shapes. I stuck them on a branch which is in my little vase and I have handmade flowers, kind of.

Friday, February 12, 2010

You are such a happy boy, you are ticklish and smile easily. You love your sister and watch her every move, she can make you laugh just by walking past.

You are in the 90th percentile for all your growth figures. At six months you are in size 0 clothing. You have your two bottom teeth which you use well on rusks having recently been started on solids.

You blow raspberries and roll over onto your tummy, mostly to get stuck and cry out for help, but sometimes all the way over again. The last couple of nights have seen you fall asleep on your tummy in your cot, even though you were up the right way when we tucked you in.

You sleep through, and have done for ages. We are very lucky and think you are wonderful.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

I have been playing on my spinning wheel and I am finding it very relaxing. This photo is some roving I bought from Lisa and the Orange/Grey/Teal is spinning up really well. It is (on average) about an 8 ply. My beginner spinning status is apparent as it does vary somewhat...

Ellie, thanks for noticing it has been awhile since my last blog post (last night's tutorials lists aside!), and telling me to do something about it. We have been so busy this last week tied up in legal jargon and real estate speak. I hope it settles down soon.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

I have finally finished these two blocks that Sheridan has been waiting for. They were December blocks for Around the Block and I have only just finished them tonight. Lucky Sheridan has been away on holidays which let me get away with tardy behaviour!

In other block related news, I sent two blocks to Abbe at Copper Patch which have arrived. I am really looking forward to seeing all those blocks come together into a quilt for her friend.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

I finally finished quilting the round robin block swap quilt. I had never Free Motion Quilted before so I was a little nervous. With tongue firmly set in the corner of my mouth I started and I am really happy with the end result!

I made the back using all the pieces of fabric sent back with each block. I don't like it too much and think I should have cut each piece down smaller and joined them. I didn't at the time because I was worried about how much fabric I would lose in each new join.

I used the same red dot in the binding which looks great from the front of the quilt. I love the front! I have already spent a bit of time under this quilt and plan on plenty more snuggly evenings too.

My last post on this quilt mentions who made what block with links if you are interested ;)